April 2025 witnessed that cryptographic markets shook subsequent tariffs towards US President Donald Trump – a controversial policy that could have influenced the result of the Canadian election on April 28.
On April 2, Trump imposed a “mutual tariff discount” on 185 countries and territories. The average Dow Jones Industrial fell by 2200 points on April 4, while the S&P 500 fell by almost 6%, which is the largest decline since March 2020.
Blockchain acceptance indicators for Ethereum look good because the network can now boast 60% of the tokenization value of assets in the real world (RWA). Main companies, such as Blackrock, are sure that Blockchain will be a standard for RWA, but other observers believe that scaling problems can cause problems.
In matters of the legislator’s policy, pro-evidence in many US states press their bills; Two countries have introduced recent regulations in April. In Canada, pro-Cryptic conservatives lost for liberals, but the winners must create a minority government.
Here is April in numbers.
“Liberation Day” decreases markets, Bitcoin increased by 16% per month
On April 2, the US President applied retaliation tariffs on all American trading partners, sending Wall Street to the spiral. Between the advertisement after closing the market and the end of trade on April 8, global markets have removed the value of assets worth over USD 8.5 trillion. On the same day, S&P 500 fell by 12%north.
Since then, the market value has returned up as some court countries, the Trump administration looking for a tariff relief, but the main partners like China have still not passed. While the markets were slightly recovered, the losses still amount to “only” $ 1 trillion, According to for AJ Bell investment managers.
Krypto also saw losses. The price of Bitcoin decreased by 9% between the announcement of the Liberation Day by April 8. However, unlike stock markets, which still see losses, Bitcoin managed to close a month higher than the place where he began. At the time of writing, BTC increased by 16.16%, trading at 94,729 USD.
Crypto-Sceptual Liberals of Canada win, but fall by 3 places mostly
The Liberal Party of the Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney won the federal parliamentary elections in the country, which took place on April 28.
Despite the victory, the liberals secured 169 seats, three shortly of 172 needed to create a majority. A minority liberal government means that they must rely on other pages of legislative initiatives.
The result will be vital for the Canadian cryptocurrency policy. Carney, a former central banker himself, was publicly about his skepticism towards cryptocurrencies. By acting as the Governor of the Bank of England, Carney said “fail” as a form of money. He also called for “equivalent protection for people for commercial banking money” for private stableleins.
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At the same time, Carney signaled his openness to the digital forms of money and the possibilities of the Book of Blockchain technology. He expressed support for the digital currency of the Central Bank, considering her as another step in the evolution of money.
The liberals began a year that followed conservatives when former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. On the day of the inauguration of Trump, conservatives conducted a survey in a 44% survey to 21% of liberals.
Conservative rhetoric, including the leader of the Pro-Crypto party Pierre Poilievre, was definitely Pro-Trump. This combination could have been the withdrawal of conservatives, so quickly after taking office, Trump said that Canada should become 51. America, while increasing the tariffs for Canadian goods.
Ethereum market share in RWA increased by 20%
Tokenization of assets in the real world (RWA) was one of the growing cases of using blockchain technology in April. Ethereum leads, and the value of RWA toketenization in the network increases to $ 6.2 billion. This means an boost of 20% in April.
RWA is increasingly accepted by established financial companies introducing toketenization projects in real estate, goods such as gold and even coal loans. Larry Fink, general director of the world’s largest fund manager, Blackrock, Ma excellent This tokenized RWA allows immediate trade and transfers, such as “digital act”.
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As reported in the Cointelegraph magazine, supporters of Ethereum and developers generally assumed that Ethereum would be a logical choice for companies researching RWA. Indeed, Fink said that “there is no doubt that Blockchain, where we will start with our tokenization, would be Ethereum, and this is not only a black thing. This is a natural default answer.”
Two recent cryptocurrency regulations introduced at the US state level
Two states, Texas and Georgia have introduced recent bills related to blockchain and cryptographic in their state legislation in April.
In Texas HB 5352 he would establish a State Blockchain Technology pilot program by the Department of Information Resources. Pilot target To see how blockchain technology can improve “transparency, safety and performance of government operations”.
In Georgia, HR 905 is looking “Implementation of a public consciousness campaign at class K-12 regarding blockchain, cryptocurrency and web3”. The Act states that technological knowledge is vital for all age groups, and “Blockchain calculations represents the future of the world interaction and provides information through a constant record of transactions on the open book.”
In Arizona, democratic Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed Extension account of the state regulatory sandbox program with digital resources. But she signed And he adopted a law that prohibits cities “prohibiting or limiting people of using computing power or running blockchain nodes in their own homes.”
The definition of the “computational power” of the law can be widely interpreted as AI, scientific research, blockchain activities and cloud processing. It effectively protects home miners of cryptocurrencies against local and urban regulations regarding zones and prohibitions.
In April, Stablecoin adoption is growing by $ 4 billion
Stablecouins recorded a steady boost in 2025, and April was no exception. According to Couminggass, the total market capitalization of Stablecouins increased by $ 4 billion in April.
The growing value of Stablecoin comes because many jurisdictions develop a legal framework for assets and softens their regulatory approach.
In the United States, the Chamber of Representatives on Stablecouins adopted a vote on the Critical Committee on April 2. The stable act presents the rules regarding the emissions and reserves of Stablecoin and will go to the floor for voting.
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The Securities and Stock Exchange Commission abandoned the case against Stablecoin PayPal, PayPal USD (Pyusd), April 29. In a formSEC stated that the query regarding the call to call 2023 was closed “without enforcement”.
According to INTOTHEBLOCK, market variability is another incentive for Stablecoin growth, according to Intotheblock Platform. According to an analytical company, these assets are increasingly perceived as “safe ranks on the current uncertain market.”
When Trump’s administration means the first 100 days, the markets begging for relief, but none seems to be in the future. Despite the claims from the White House, China claims that there are no high -level conversations to negotiate tariffs.
Despite this, some observers insist that at least for cryptocurrencies you should pay attention to the prize: regulatory frames passing through the US Federal Congress.
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